Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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